Early Modern Capitalism - Economic and Social Change in Europe 1400-1800

An international board of contributors underline the diversity in the economic experiences of early modern Europeans, and suggest how this variety might be the foundation of a new conception of economic and social change.

List of contents

1. Early modern capitalism: an introduction Maarten Prak Part I. Economic Growth 2. The late medieval crisis as an 'integration crisis' S.R. Epstein 3. The energy basis for early modern growth Paolo Malanima 4. Early modern economic growth: a survey of the European economy 1500-1800 Jan Luiten van Zanden 5. Pre-industrial economic growth and the transition to an industrial economy Edwin Horlings Part II. Capital and Labour 6. International capital markets and their users, 1450-1750 Ian Blanchard 7. Labour and proto-industry: big questions and micro answers Jürgen Schlumbohm 8. Problems of the family economy: peasant economy, domestic production, and labour markets in pre-industrial Europe Ad Knotter 9. Mobilization of labour in early modern Europe Jan Lucassen 10. Economic growth before and after the Industrial Revolution: a modest proposal Jan de Vries

About the author

Maarten Praak

Summary

An international board of contributors underline the diversity in the economic experiences of early modern Europeans, and suggest how this variety might be the foundation of a new conception of economic and social change.

Product details

• Authors: Maarten Prak
• Assisted by: Maarten Prak (Editor), Prak Maarten (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2014
• EAN: 9781138007451
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00745-1
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Sociology, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Social and cultural history